Stocks manage gains
Stocks gained Thursday, erasing earlier losses to lift the Nasdaq and S&P 500 to 18-month highs as investors eyed the day's jobs and trade news and the direction of the U.S. dollar.

Long-term debt prices rise after auction
Long-term U.S. debt prices rose Thursday after a government auction of $13 billion in 30-year bonds.

Oil inches higher
Oil prices eked out gains Thursday, as the risk of an overheated Chinese economy and higher continuing jobless claims stifled traders.

Dollar mixed after jobs, trade data
The dollar slipped against the euro and the pound Thursday but rose against the yen as investors digested mixed U.S. economic news.

Citi, AIG, Fannie and Freddie: The Not Fab 4
Investors had a funny way of commemorating the first anniversary of the market's bottom on Tuesday. They rewarded some of the stocks responsible for most of the problems in the first place.

Airline stocks take off
Airline stocks rallied Wednesday, riding a wave of investor sentiment that 2010 is shaping into a profitable year for the industry, experts say.

Market speaks: Health reform doesn't matter
If you believe the stock market, health care reform is a dead subject.

Treasurys dip as $21B auction sees big demand
Treasurys traded lower Wednesday as stocks advanced slightly and a government auction of $21 billion in 10-year notes generated strong demand.

Oil rises after inventory report
Oil prices rose Wednesday as the government's weekly inventory report showed a smaller than expected increase in oil supplies and a dip in gasoline inventory.

The Dow's best performer is ...
The hottest blue chip stock this year isn't what you think. It's not a big bank on the mend, a gadget maker with a hot new product, or a retailer with soaring sales.

Royal Dutch Shell halts gasoline sales to Iran
Royal Dutch Shell has stopped selling gasoline to Iran, the company confirmed Wednesday, adding to a list of oil giants that have stopped sales after a threat of future U.S. sanctions.

Dollar mixed after jobs, trade data
The dollar slipped against the euro and the pound Thursday but rose against the yen as investors digested mixed U.S. economic news.

Pink Floyd suit: Sell all the bricks in 'The Wall'
Pink Floyd won a legal battle Thursday against EMI that prevents the band's long-time record label from selling individual songs online.

Oil inches higher
Oil prices eked out gains Thursday, as the risk of an overheated Chinese economy and higher continuing jobless claims stifled traders.

Welcome to the United States of Iceland
It's time to start paying attention to the financial sinkhole that Iceland is trying to climb out of -- the view from inside of it is eerily similar to our own.

Fears of a Greek bank run
In the middle of the 2001 debt crisis, Argentines stormed their nation's banks to get their money out. To stop the stampede, the government imposed controls that allowed them to take out only $250 at a time and limited withdrawals for overseas trips to $1,000.

China, let's see if you can innovate
What economic crisis? After a blip last winter, China is growing at more than 8% a year, and the scale and speed at which the country is building a modern infrastructure are mind-boggling.

Is your country the next Greece?
Just over a year ago a few members of the research team at Hedgeye attended a lecture at Yale Law School by Robert Rubin, the former Secretary of the Treasury under Bill Clinton. During the question and answer session, Rubin was asked about sovereign risk -- the threat that an entire nation effectively walking away from its financial obligations. Mr. Rubin was blunt: he said categorically that he did not expect any major nations to default on its debt.

Why China should let the yuan rise
The Chinese have rarely given into foreign pressure to revalue its currency higher. But that doesn't mean it won't let the yuan rise later this year.

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